Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of Comment Period on the Status Review for the Queen Charlotte Goshawk

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018-

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of

Comment Period on the Status Review for the Queen Charlotte Goshawk

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Status review; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) provides notice

that the comment period on the status review of the Queen Charlotte

goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi) is reopened. On August 26, 1994,

(59 FR 44124) the Service announced that sufficient information was

presented in the petition to list the Queen Charlotte goshawk as

endangered and opened a comment period until November 25, 1994. On

January 4, 1995, (60 FR 425) the Service extended the comment period

until February 9, 1995. This notice further extends the comment period

until February 28, 1995. All interested parties are invited to submit

comments regarding this species' status.

DATES: Written comments and materials must be received by February 28,

1995.

ADDRESSES: Data, information, comments or questions concerning the

status of the petitioned species described below should be submitted to

the Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological

Services, 3000 Vintage Blvd., Suite 201, Juneau, Alaska 99801. The

petition, findings, and supporting data are available for public

inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Lindell, Endangered Species

Biologist (see ADDRESSES above) (907)/586-7240).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On May 9, 1994, the Service received a petition from Mr. Peter

Galvin of the Greater Gila Biodiversity Project and nine copetitioners

requesting listing of the Queen Charlotte goshawk as endangered under

the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(1)). A notice of positive

90-day finding and request for additional information was published on

August 26, 1994, (59 FR 44124) regarding this petition. The Queen

Charlotte goshawk occurs from Vancouver Island British Columbia,

Canada, northward through insular British Columbia, insular and

adjacent mainland Alaska west of the coastal mountain range, to the

northern portion of the Alexander Archipelago, in southeast Alaska. The

subspecies may be endangered by past and planned removal and

fragmentation of mature forest habitat by clearcut logging.

The initial comment period for the status review originally closed

on November 25, 1994. Since that date, parties have expressed interest

in submitting substantive comments. In order to accommodate these

parties, the Service is extending the comment period until February 28,

1995. Written comments may be submitted to the Service office noted in

the Address section.

Author

The primary author of this notice is John Lindell, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Field Office, Juneau, AK 99801.

Authority

The authority of this action is the Endangered Species Act of 1973

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Dated: February 16, 1995.

David B. Allen,

Regional Director, Region 7, Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 95-4747 Filed 2-23-95; 8:45 am]

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